| Computer Code: |
DOUL |
Preferred Map Code: |
DOUL |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Silty mudstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformably overlies another part of the Albany Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Faulted against the Albany Group. |
| Thickness: |
24m+ |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Albany Group (ALBY)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Plantation Burn, Doularg, Geological Sheet S008W. |
| Reference(s): |
| Ingham, J K and Tripp, R P. 1991. The trilobite fauna of the Middle Ordovician Doularg Formation of the Girvan district, Scotland and its palaeoenvironmental significance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol.82 (1), p. 27 - 54. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S008
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